Trump will visit a Ford factory and promote manufacturing in Detroit

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: AP

Updated 9:05 AM EST, January 13, 2026


DETROIT (AP) — President Donald Trump is traveling to Michigan on Tuesday to promote his efforts to boost U.S. manufacturing, trying to counter fears about a weakening job market and worries that still-rising prices are taking a toll on Americans’ pocketbooks. The day trip will include a tour of a Ford factory in Dearborn that makes F-150 pickups, the bestselling domestic vehicle in the U.S. The Republican president is also set to address the Detroit Economic Club at the MotorCity Casino.

It comes as the Trump administration’s criminal investigation of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has sparked an outcry, with defenders of the U.S. central bank pushing back against Trump’s efforts to exert more control over it.

Federal data from December released before the president left Washington showed Inflation declined a bit last month as prices for gas and used cars fell — a sign that cost pressures are slowly easing. Consumer prices rose 0.3% in December from the prior month, the Labor Department said, the same as in November.

November’s off-year elections in Virginia, New Jersey and elsewhere illustrated a shift away from Republicans as public concerns about kitchen table issues persist. In their wake, the White House said Trump would put a greater emphasis on talking directly to the public about his economic policies after doing relatively few events around the country earlier in his term.

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[Lovie777]

1. Yeah right................

everything shithole touches turns to shit.

[Javaman]

5. ford will probably declare bankruptcy after he leaves. nt

[popsdenver]

6. No shit

along with all the other car manufacturers.........

with the starting price of a car being 50K, for basic transportation,

NO ONE IS BUYING CARS, and the manufacturers and dealers are in deep CACA right now and it looks like they are screwed with
NO WAY OUT for years and years to come........Even less so, with everyone getting literally hammered by the costs of everything else.......Property Taxes, Medical costs, Medical Insurance Costs, Car Insurance Costs, Utility costs, Drug Costs, Food Costs....the list is endless.

[kimbutgar]

7. My sister in law works for a Toyota dealership in Arizona and says they are selling a lot of cars

But she has been known bs and I suspect they’re selling more USED cars because new cars are so expensive now. Where I live I stopped by my Hyundai dealership to get my cars check up and walked I the dealership. I didn’t find any cats under $30,000. And the car model we brought in 2024 was $8000 more than what we paid in 2024. And that was the base price not including taxes and registrations fees.

[newdeal2]

2. Where are all the jobs from the tariffs?

Detroit must be booming right now…right?

[Martin68]

3. Trump will visit a Ford factory and lie his ass off.

[Bayard]

4. Yup

Tell them what you think of unions, Donnie.

[purr-rat beauty]

8. He'll air his grievances

And wink at the execs as he flounders through his bullshit

[SunSeeker]

9. As the owner of a Ford that is at the dealer for a check engine light for the 4th time in 6 weeks...

Can someone first get Ford to make the cars they DO build here RELIABLE???

I have owned Fords most of my adult life, but my next car WILL NOT be a Ford, I don't care how many they build here.